City safety & data profile
FindlayOH
Findlay, OH is a 41K-resident city in Hancock County with a median household income of $61,423.
Hancock County, Ohio. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Findlay, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Findlay has a population larger than 74% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $191,000, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.
Data updated 2026-09-04
- 41K
- Population (place)
- Top 26%
- By size
- $61,423
- Median income (place)
- $191,000
- Median home (place)
- 12.3%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Findlay
Findlay posts a median household income higher than 24% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Findlay area.
- Bottom 25%
- by median income, US cities
- 1
- hospital in & near Findlay
Where Findlay income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$61,423 Bottom 24% higher than 24% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
Largest cities in OH
Population among 185 OH places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.
- Columbus
Columbus, OH
913,175 residents
- Cleveland
Cleveland, OH
365,379 residents
- Cincinnati 311,097
Cincinnati, OH
311,097 residents
- Toledo 265,638
Toledo, OH
265,638 residents
- Akron 197,542
Akron, OH
197,542 residents
- Dayton 135,512
Dayton, OH
135,512 residents
- Parma 79,937
Parma, OH
79,937 residents
- Canton 71,885
Canton, OH
71,885 residents
- Youngstown 64,628
Youngstown, OH
64,628 residents
- Lorain 63,647
Lorain, OH
63,647 residents
What this shows Columbus is the largest OH city on this list; Powell leads median income.
Highest median incomes in OH
Median household income among the same 185-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.
- Powell
Powell, OH
$195,495 median
- Hudson
Hudson, OH
$171,427 median
- Dublin
Dublin, OH
$160,296 median
- Bexley
Bexley, OH
$157,841 median
- Upper Arling…
Upper Arlington, OH
$155,167 median
- Montgomery
Montgomery, OH
$150,995 median
- Solon
Solon, OH
$139,089 median
- Avon
Avon, OH
$135,915 median
- Brecksville
Brecksville, OH
$135,000 median
- Bay Village
Bay Village, OH
$132,254 median
What this shows Powell posts the highest place-level median income in OH; Columbus is largest by headcount.
The quick read
Reading Findlay, OH beyond the headline numbers
Findlay sits inside Hancock County, Ohio, at roughly 41.04°N, -83.65°W. Population 41,149, $61,423 median household income. Median home value $191,000, median rent $975. Poverty rate 12.3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
1 hospital in/around Findlay, 3/5 avg rating, 0 with an ER.
Poverty in Findlay, OH stands at 12.3%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.
Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Findlay runs about 3.1 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.
Remote work covers 9.9% of Findlay workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.
Among the CDC measures on this page, obesity departs furthest from its peer median: 39.5% in Findlay, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
Public transit carries 0% of Findlay workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Findlay from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
10-Year Trends 2013–2024
County-level trend (Hancock County): Findlay's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
Economics
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 12.3% |
| Unemployment | 3.5% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 30.6% |
| Work From Home | 9.9% |
| Public Transit | 0% |
Population
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Hospitals 1 total
What alerts and safety updates affect Findlay?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Findlay right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
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Findlay: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Findlay; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Ohio state hubs · Methodology
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Frequently Asked Questions 6
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Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Findlay, both outside Ohio so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OH (12.3% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OH ($61,423 here).
Compare Findlay with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
Nearby Cities 8
Using Findlay's profile
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Findlay area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
- Compare Findlay against Ohio peers on any ranking lens. Explore Ohio
Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Hancock County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.